Sophia Gardens
Sophia Gardens is a public park in Riverside, Cardiff, Wales, on the west bank of the River Taff. International test cricket matches and county cricket matches are held in the Sophia Gardens cricket ground, the home of Glamorgan County Cricket Club.Photo: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Millennium Stadium and Sophia Gardens.
Millennium Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Clint Budd, CC BY 2.0.
The Millennium Stadium, known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of Wales in Cardiff. It has a retractable roof and a usual capacity of 73,931. Millennium Stadium is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Sophia Gardens.
Sophia Gardens
Stadium
Photo: Daicaregos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cardiff Wales Stadium, which is part of Sophia Gardens Cardiff, is a cricket stadium in Cardiff, Wales. It is located in Sophia Gardens on the River Taff. It is home to Glamorgan County Cricket Club and is listed as an international Test cricket venue. Sophia Gardens is situated 910 feet north of Sophia Gardens.
Sport Wales National Centre
Sports venue
Photo: Daicaregos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sport Wales National Centre is a sports facility in Cardiff, Wales, set up to assist the development of elite athletes in Wales. The centre, owned and operated by Sport Wales, was established by the then Sports Council for Wales in 1971 as the National Sports Centre for Wales. Sport Wales National Centre is situated 350 feet north of Sophia Gardens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castle Quarter and Maindy.
Castle Quarter
Quarter
Castle Quarter is an independent retail destination area in the north of the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. Castle is also a community of Cardiff. The listed Castle Quarter includes some of Cardiff's Victorian and Edwardian arcades: Castle Arcade, High Street Arcade and Duke Street Arcade, and principal shopping streets: St Mary Street, High Street, Castle Street and Duke Street.
Maindy
Suburb
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maindy is a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. Its boundaries are not formally recognised by Cardiff Council, and the district falls within the Cathays ward and Gabalfa.
Grangetown
Suburb
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grangetown is a district and community in the south of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is one of the largest districts in the south of the city and is bordered by Riverside, Canton and Butetown.
Sophia Gardens
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Cardiff, Wales
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Riverside, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.48509° or 51° 29′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.19068° or 3° 11′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C3RFRP5+2POpenStreetMap ID
way 105806298OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q7562878
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In Other Languages
From Urdu to Welsh—“Sophia Gardens” goes by many names.
- Urdu: “صوفیہ گارڈنز”
- Welsh: “Gerddi Sophia”
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